NickPapagiorgio

Face it, this team is not that good. The one bright spot this year will be that we won't have to suffer through another Sept collapse since they will be out of contention long before then.

The top of this lineup is atrocious right now. Someone tell Jose Reyes he can take a pitch or two. If you added up all of Castillo's hits this series, I think it may reach the OF wall. Wright looked lost against the Braves but I will give him a pass. Santana is a bright spot but the bullpen continues to be less than impressive. I know Chipper has owned you Erin but how about trying to pitch to him. Oh yeah, it also probably wouldn't be a good idea to groove a pitch to their best hitter.

On top of all that, the mental mistakes and lack of baseball fundamentals continues to impress. Santana leads off with a double and the top of our lineup can't get him home even after he gets to third with one out. Then Senor Delgarbage gets doubled off of first on a ball that was easily caught in center. Oh yeah, can I mention again that Reyes hasn't seen a pitch he doesn't want to swing at.

They beat up on bad pitching in Miami but now that they have faced a good team that doesn't beat itself, they have been exposed. If they, for some reason, get clubbed to death at home by the Phillies this week they will be in full tailspin mode by the end of the month.

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The_Kings_of_Quit

I don't agree with a ton of this, (it's WAY early), but I do think that if the Mets get beat pretty bad by the Phils in the next series, this season could go right down the tubes quickly, seeing as how lifeless they look, and how fragile the heart of this team's psyche must be after how last season ended up. A Phillies beat-down (especially since they're throwing their 3-5 garbage starters at the Mets) would pretty much put the Mets back in last September. And they need to avoid that DESPERATELY.

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NickPapagiorgio

If they somehow got swept by the Phillies this week, they will never see .500 for the rest of the year.

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metman

"they will never see .500 for the rest of the year"

Sure they will! It'll be Castillo's OPS

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SHUT Your FESTERING GOB...You TIT!

METSSC

The Mets desperately need Reyes to ignite the offense but unfortunately he's the most overrated player in baseball.

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GET THE PIECE OF CRAP McGimpy OFF MY TEAM NOW!!!!!

The McGimpy does most things upside down: eats, sleeps (an average of 23 hours per day), mates, and gives birth. Because of the McGimpy's upside down life, many of the McGimpy's internal organs (liver, stomach, spleen, pancreas) are in different positions from other mammals. McGimpy sometimes lets out a cry or hissing sound.

During the rare times the McGimpy goes down to the ground (such as to change trees for food), it moves very slowly.

KingOlerud

So, when do we get to find out if Reyes has really cut down on the dancing?

ultramet

Can't dance if you can't get on base. He looks amazingly overrated at this point of his career. I don't know if his relationship with Willie has led to this. If Willie is behind this (affecting his play as such), then Willie should definitely go.

Medfordian Slip

I happened to watch a couple innings of he Phils today. They look worse than the Mets with sloppy fielding and terrible relief pitching. Maybe the two teams will be fighting it out for the basement.

Franco45

I unfortunately just plucked down the $159 for the Extra Innings package so with my luck they will never see .500 again. You all can blame me

metboy98

Reyes is looking like Rey Ordonez more and more.

Hojo of 1991

I haven't laid down the lettuce for the MLB.tv package either... I'm very wary of the team this year. If anything, I will go the month by month route...

Phenom

Yeah, while they're playing the mighty Cincinnati Reds...just wait until they come into Shea on Tuesday. Their every batter will look like Ted Willams, their every defensive player will look like Brooks Robinson, their every pitcher like Cy Young in his prime.

Just you wait...

James D.

I'm not gonna sugarcoat the fact that the Mets don't look good right now...but I don't think there's any team in the division that will be healthy enough or good enough to run away with the division lead. Of course, I don't expect that fact to stop Papagiorgio from curling up into the fetal position and crying for a bit before posting his obligatory "the season is over" thread after every loss...but that is something for the more rational folks on the board to bear in mind.

Bay Ridge Dave

This mindset got them the 2007 season ending.

Pinning hopes on other teams sucktitude, bad luck, health.. is not winning baseball.

Season is not over... but these past two games looked a sick reminder of a September 2007 Mets game... LOBs, stupid base running, NO clutch hitting, bad at-bats (Schneider swing at 1st pitch for the last out case in point) and bad managing...

Franco45

Does your cable provider not offer the MLB Extra Innings package?